Independently owned Rosslyn, a City of London speciality coffee group, has opened a coffee shop on Cheapside, bringing its total number of sites in the Square Mile to ten.
The site is close to St Paul’s Cathedral and sits directly beneath the bells of St Mary-le-Bow church.
The opening comes a week after Rosslyn was named the highest-placed coffee shop in London in ‘Europe’s 100 Best Coffee Shops’, which is billed as the continent’s definitive ranking of speciality cafés.
The new Cheapside store follows the same model as Rosslyn’s nine other locations, offering ‘speciality coffee, made properly, in a fast-paced format built for Square Mile workers, without compromising on quality or hospitality.’
James Hennebry, co-founder and CEO of Rosslyn, said: “London invented coffee culture as we know it, long before Melbourne or Seattle got anywhere near it.
“Somewhere along the way, the city forgot how good it used to be at this, so we’ve built Rosslyn on the belief that Londoners deserve the coffee its history promised them, and opening on Cheapside, under the Bow Bells, feels like the most fitting home for Rosslyn.
“It’s about proximity to the real thing, the true version of London, not the postcard version.
“That’s exactly what we’re trying to do with coffee: not a trend, just the real thing, done properly, for the people who live and work here.”
Rosslyn was founded in 2018 by Mat Russell and James Hennebry, who met while working at Caravan Coffee Roasters and grew up in Australia and Ireland, respectively.
The pair say they bring together two hospitality cultures: the exacting standards and attention to detail pioneered by Australian cafés and the warmth of the Irish pub.
The name comes from Rosslyn Street in Melbourne, where Hennebry first learned to make coffee.
